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Meet the SGA Board Comics by Phil Hands
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Fox Times Members
Shannon Gerke Corrigan
Daniela Izaguirre
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Icha Khairunnisa Christiana Coakley
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“We may not have it all together, but together we can have it all,� a quote from Mark Murphy which inspires Caitlin in her leadership role. As the former President and current Event Coordinator in Auto Collision Club, Caitlin would like to bring togetherness and more involvement of students in many clubs’ activities. She believes in that a leader is an initiator of ideas and action. More than that, a leader has greater responsibility to ensure that every idea is heard and every action is counted. She believes that criticism is central for a leader therefore she always tries be open minded and understand others point of view to have a good communication and function as a team. One of the most memorable experience when she was in charged as the leader of Car Show Event 2015 for the transportation club. She thinks the biggest challenge at that time was about delegation. Delegating has never been easy. However, she realized that giving the opportunities to the members and allowing them to handle the work were worth try. She really appreciated the members who were willing and passionate in doing the tasks. She learned that putting a big trust in the members helped them to conduct a successful event.
Caitlin Baier President
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Caitlin who loves to do art painting and spend fun activities with her son, would like to bring a bigger sense of community through her role as the President of Student Government Association at Fox Valley Technical College. She agreed that the sense of community has been well developed in this college and she would like to improve this more during her service period. She opens widely the opportunity of any ideas awnd encourages all the clubs to work together and support each other to achieve bigger result for everyone.
Nkululeko Victor Masombuka Vice President Growing up in South Africa allows Victor to have greater understanding and tolerance about differences, criticism, and feedback. He believes that accepting and addressing diversity is the key of organization success; respecting every member’s idea and building a harmonious collaboration among leaders and members. Being inspired by Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich, Victor believes that there is always room for improvements. He would like to bring that conviction in his next role as the Vice President of Student Government Association at Fox Valley Technical College. Victor currently studies Software Development in this college, continuing his bachelor degree in Information Technology in South Africa. Victor loves to spend his free time to read many inspirational and historical books and write poetry. His huge interest in arts and poetry supported his previous role as the leader of Arts and Culture in Student Christian Organization in South Africa, an organization with approximately 1,200 members. Other than that, Victor was also trusted as the Vice President in Inter-Institutional Campus Fellowship (IICF) which
represents six Universities in his country. Many hardship and challenges faced by him during the process. He believes that leading a big organization requires great accountability and integrity of a leader. “A leader is someone who is willing to do the right thing even if no one is looking”. In line with that value, he always prepares himself with vision, high integrity, and strong commitment to achieve the organization goals. He would like to build a successful teamwork in Student Government Association by applying the experience and skills that he has been developed back in South Africa.
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Juliet Malambe
Mark Gierach
Secretary
Treasurer
Juliet, or Julz, loves listening to the music, dancing, seeing and making people happy. Having an outgoing personality helps Juliet in developing good relationship and team work with everyone. Juliet believes that the ability to be an effective communicator is essential for a successful leader. She has and will continue to improve her communication skill to further bring positive impacts to others.
Mark is highly motivated to help and support other students. He believes that his experience is worth sharing to other students. He previously has completed bachelor degree program in Engineering Technology and Mechanical Design at University of WisconsinStout, Menomonie. He further decided to continue his education; he studies Electronic Engineering Technology & Automated Manufacturing at Fox Valley Technical College.
Juliet has finished her degree in Software Development at Tswane University of Technology in South Africa and currently continue her education to Mobile App and Web Development at Fox Valley Technical College. Juliet has varied experience in leadership; she has been the captain in her high school field hockey team and voted as the Most Developed Top Junior Leadership in 2015 in her university. Besides that, Juliet was assigned as the Secretary of Junior Chamber International at the University. She believes that she has acquired a lot of leadership qualities from her previous experience. However, she never says no for improvement. She would like to use her skills, including but not limited to organizing and project management, to meet the needs of students at FVTC.
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In terms of leadership roles, Mark serves as President Electronics and Automation Club. In addition, Mark has working experience in several different industries before and currently works at shipping department at United Plastic Fabricating. Mark counts on his experience to serve the next role as Treasurer in Student Government Association. Being responsible as the treasures, he would like to ensure the balance of organization budget and allocate the budget properly to any activities or events that enhance students experience and enrich their college life. To be a qualified leader, he always tries to have a general point of view in facing an issue, prioritize others’ needs and concerns, and being trustworthy and approachable.w
Michael Gawer
Matthew Kilgas
Member at Large
Parliamentary
Being a leader is always challenging. Mike, how his friends often call him, experienced many challenges during his work as the team leader of Combat Engineer in the Army. As the leader, he wanted to ensure that everybody is working happily, being appreciated, and performing all the jobs and functions well. To achieve this objective, Mike chose to lead by example. He preferred to demonstrate and do the job first. This would allow his team members to observe and follow his action. Mike said this method works effectively for him. He believes that a leader should be willing to work and serve the people. “I would never ask somebody to do anything that I would not do by myself.� Being a leader also means being a role model for the people thus being approachable and highly self-motivated are also the key.
Matthew or Matt Matt previously finished his bachelor degree in Kinesiology at Arizona State University. Considering a change in his career path, Mark currently studies Automation Manufacturing System and in charges as the Vice President of Electronics and Automation Clubs. Other than that, Matt also work as a technical support intern at Worked at Warner Electric Supply, Appleton.
Mike who loves to spend his free time in doing outdoor activities and playing computer games, is currently studying Accounting/ Banking and Financial Management at Fox Valley Technical College. Among many schools in which he had been before, this one is his favorite. Taking the responsibility as the Member at Large in the Student Government Association, Mike would like to bring broader point of view from his past experience and contribute actively to further improve the organization function and program to be more applicable for the students.
Besides school and working, Matt enjoys playing football and exercises. The most impactful football player and his role model in leadership is Walter Payton. Walter is one of the most memorable American football player in the NFL history. Walter’s extraordinary works ethic and leadership skill inspire Matt to be a good leader for himself and his team members. When he was in Arizona, Matt was assigned as captain of the football team. Being the first in the battlefield and taking responsibilities of the team allow him and his team achieve the success. This experience also trained him to have the ability to listen to the people needs, feedback, and take further actions upon it. As a Parliamentary, he believes that having a good work ethics and compliance to the laws and regulations are inevitable. Matt is sure every member in the team is like a good piece of a giant puzzle; everyone has to work together to achieve the goal. Therefore, he really encourages active feedback and participation from every student member. facebook.com/fvtcfoxtimes | 5
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